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Jan 6, 2008, 07:28 PM
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Sweet sweet blues music
Does anyone know if Howling Wolf or John Lee Hooker are still alive and if they are, are they still playing
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Jan 6, 2008, 07:31 PM
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Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001)
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Jan 6, 2008, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Wondergirl
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001)
Noooooooooooo.. . oh well I just heard that quite a few of the blues ledgends were still going strong, how's about muddy waters or bb king
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Jan 6, 2008, 07:48 PM
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B. B. King (born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925). On May 27, 2007, King was awarded an honorary doctorate in music by Brown University. For all sorts of information including tour dates:
BB King | Official Site
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters
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Jan 6, 2008, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Wondergirl
B. B. King (born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925). On May 27, 2007, King was awarded an honorary doctorate in music by Brown University. For all sorts of information including tour dates:
BB King | Official Site
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters
Wow are you some kind of professor of the blues or just a big fan
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Jan 6, 2008, 07:57 PM
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I'm a librarian.
P.S. Muddy Waters hung out in the town where I work.
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Jan 6, 2008, 08:05 PM
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Do you specialise in music, because librarians where I live couldn't tell me who Dale Carnegie was let alone tell me witch blues musicians are alive
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Jan 6, 2008, 08:17 PM
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Good grief! (I have a huge music background.) Dale Carnegie* and libraries are like peanut butter and jelly. Did you ask someone at the front desk who checks out books, or did you ask a reference librarian at the reference desk?
>>>EDIT<<<
*Oooops. I meant Andrew Carnegie.
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Jan 6, 2008, 08:23 PM
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Huge music background eh? Do you play or write music or something. I live in England and as a nation were not big fans of peanut butter jelly, mainly because jelly is the stuff that dog food comes in
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Jan 6, 2008, 09:19 PM
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Then I should have said Marmite and toast?
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Jan 6, 2008, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Wondergirl
Then I should have said Marmite and toast?
That's more like it, but a hot bath, a glass of wine and some trendy scottish murder mystery suits me best
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Jan 6, 2008, 09:59 PM
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Or napping on a long bus journey
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Jan 8, 2008, 11:25 AM
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Raggablue: You should check out Youtube. There's some good performances on there of John Lee Hooker. He's one of my faves. His only intentions were to play "mean" blues licks. That coupled with those boogie beats and crazy time signature changes made him one of a kind.
Or check out the Blues Brothers [original from 1980] In the extended version they have a lot more footage of him playing down on Maxwell street.
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Jan 9, 2008, 01:09 AM
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Raggablue,
Wondergirl did well there but you should try doing a Google search too from time to time, you'll come up with all sorts of information that you might be interested in.
You mention 'Scottish murder mystery', I'm from Glasgow originally and just wondered if you were too.
See, you're not the only one curious around here.
Have a great day!! :)
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Jan 9, 2008, 11:02 PM
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Love boom boom boom boom by jlhooker
Some suggestions, if you're interested
Listen to buddy guy, howlin wolf
You mentioned bb, and he's still got it and touring
Five blind boys of Alabama are southern gospel, but if you like the blues you've stated, you'll like them.. find "way down in the hole" and if you like it get more
Considered older R&B, ruth brown sings so damn sexy even if the music is older... she was such a tease with her voice. Songs to hear: shine on... daddy, daddy... mama he treats your daughter mean... 5-10-15 hours
Otis redding (also R&B) - best known for sitting by the dock of the bay, he's great... songs worth a look: you left the water running... hard to handle... love man
And don't forget... even though your thread is blues, people like james brown and even lyricists like lyle lovett who isn't blues, but appeals to many who follow blues.
OK. At least to me, who loves nothing better than being in a smokey blues bar dancing on a much too small dance floor with my lover. Nothing like it.
Plus the names are so damn cool... reverend raven and the chain smokin alter boys? Awesome name.
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Jan 9, 2008, 11:15 PM
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What do you think of Norah Jones?
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Jan 9, 2008, 11:39 PM
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like her fine...
she has a nice sound, even if she laughs at how critics call her "snorah jones" =) have every album but the latest, and that's on the list... she's not a gritty singer, but I like her work.
susan tedeschi is OK...
again, not blues, but a woman who has been completely overlooked is joan osborne... of "what if God was one of us" fame... terrible choice for a first release... she has a great voice... and live she has a presence and killer, gritty, naughty voice
songs of hers to hear: son of a preacher man (cover), these arms of mine (cover), at last ((cover) OK... there is just only one etta james, but her version is ok)... shake that devil... st. teresa... right hand man (bluesy, play this LOUD in your car driving at night)... righteous love... angel face...
id drive a few hours to see her live.
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Jan 9, 2008, 11:50 PM
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Newest find...
Grace potter and the nocturnals...
That girl has a voice, knows how to use it, and doesn't overdo it at all... love her...
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Jan 10, 2008, 12:28 AM
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I like Joan Osborne too. Used to love the "one of us" theme song introducing "Joan of Arcadia," then heard Osborne on the radio singing something else totally different and was entranced.
Norah Jones is Ravi Shankar's daughter... but that's common knowledge?
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Jan 10, 2008, 06:01 AM
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All good artists, more for my mind library
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